1969 CHEVELLE COPO MQ CODE ENGINE COMPLETE NO VIN

[Ed Cunneen]

The MQ code is for a 4-spd Chevelle.

[JIM]

Listed it as It was listed in Chevy By The Numbers as an Automatic code?????????, You would know. Now its worth More!!!! Thanks Jim

[camaromb]

How about a picture of the pad stamping?

Mark

[Keith Tedford]

Our 4 sped car has the original MQ code engine. The Chevelles had the VIN stamped on the deck behind the alternator. I would think that the only engines without a VIN would be the CE replacements. Our car was one of the last built and the engine build date is months before this one.

[camaromb]

Keith,
I also have a 627MQ never vin'd 427 engine. I have also heard of at least one LS6 CRV code crate engine. It seems that some Towanda long block assemblies were coded for application but never installed.
Mark

[Keith Tedford]

I'm curious to find out what GM did with left over engines at the end of the production run. Our end of July car has and early April engine. This certainly gave GM lots of time to know exactly how many 427s they would need. Left overs would probably be few. I can't imagine them scrapping them. However, I have seen skids of starters etc. dumped into gondola railway cars when clearing our plant for the 1988 trucks. It was amazing what was scrapped. Didn't see any scrapped engines or transmissions though.

[Jeff H]

I wonder if they used some of the "left over" engines as warranty replacement so maybe you could get an 'MQ' engine under warranty and therefore it would have no VIN. But I would still think it would have the date and sequence stamping showing when it was replaced.

[Keith Tedford]

Our L78 has nothing but the CEXXXXXX number. Your explanation is about the only way the and MP or MQ engine without a VIN would end up in a car but I think that they would still need a CE number or something to identify the engine for continued warranty purposes. Curious.